Recently I read a book to the baby, "DK Mysterious Castle Encyclopedia" is about the castle, which baby is not addicted to the gorgeous home of Disney princesses, the real castle is actually quite different from the fairy tale.
In addition to being a residence, the castle was also an important military fortress, with stone walls, towers, moats and drawbridges.
There is also a sword eye on the stone wall, and the whole defense design is similar to our city wall.
Of course, there are many shapes of castles, such as mound castles, ring fortresses, concentric castles, stone castles, and beautiful dream castles. After all, in addition to military fortresses, they are also their homes, and dignitaries and nobles will build them to show off their grandeur perfectly.
The book also lists several famous castles and tells the background story of the castle in detail, as well as related popular science knowledge, such as siege ** baby is very interested, like ballista, siege tower, siege ram, stone thrower, baby has been excited to make up an engineering blockbuster.
In addition, there are professional positions in the castle that have also aroused the interest of the baby, there is a position of rat catcher, and it is very respected, the baby said why not give this position to the cat, isn't it better than people!
In addition to the princes and princesses in the castle, there are also knights in the castle, and the book also has a science about the history of the castle, and the knights of the Middle Ages had to participate in various competitive competitions as a way to hone their skills, just like today's sporting events. There was also the Hohensalzburg peasant revolt in June 1525, which ended in failure.
There is a lot of castle knowledge in the book.,It's also a condensed history of Europe.,The most important thing is that the baby likes it.,This book produced by DK!